According to the study, four primary pathways lead to spinoff development:

A partnership between faculty and an experienced entrepreneur represented 23 percent of the commercialization cases in the study. Most faculty interviewed for the report consider this partnership the ideal pathway to technology transfer, but experienced CEOs often are reluctant to join a startup team in a venture's initial stages.

Partnerships between faculty and Ph.D./post-doctoral students (41 percent).

Collaborations between faculty, Ph.D./post-doctoral students, and business school students (13 percent).

Student-only ventures (23 percent).

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